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SOCIAL
“Rights” Extended to Non-Human PERSON by Argentinian Courts (This category of person ought to extend IMHO to: all great apes, most, if not all of the monkies, dolphins & most, if not all cetaceans, many octopi & cuttlefish, elephants, dogs, big cats & small, many rodents (particularly raccoons & rats) and perhaps even to some insect species, such as Mantises.)
Elf-on-a-Shelf Engaged in Social Engineering (it’s just an extension of fairy tale logic. Why is it that our fairy tales are all horror stories?)
Gamergate Doesn’t End: More from Zoe & Brianna
Not Only Do They Need Batteries, but They Keep You Up At Night
Most Hated Woman on da Interwebs?
ENTERTAINMENT
Neil deGrasse Tyson is such a Card! (holiday tweets raise ire from some – if only they’d actually read…)
Now When He Is Asked “Are you a god?”, Ernie Hudson can answer: “Why yes. Yes I am.”
Peter Jackson Must. Be. Stopped!
Speaking of Peter Jackson in Elvish….
What Else Can You Say But – THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!
Hundreds of Star Wars Comics On Sale (victims of the great de-cannonizing!)
The Top Five Ways Earth Will Be Invaded
Suvudu Lists New SF, Fantasy, Horror TV for 2015
Ranking 73 Star Wars Characters. (Guess who is last?)
Bar Fight: Who Has the Better Line UP? DC or Marvel
First British SF Film Restored
INDUSTRY
The Most Recommended Novels of ALL Time – include an awful lot of genre works….(post on this) and
Windycon – chaired in 2015 by Steven H Silver – will have a Hitchhiker’s theme
Authorized Guide to THHGTTG: The Frood
Obama Presidential Library design is from the future
Sasquan Announces Hugo Award Base Competition
Donald Moffit: 1931-2014
The New CLASSICS: Jemisin & Leckie on Orbit Youtube
Audiobook Demand High According to Random
Are Indie Authors 2nd Class Citizens?
Free Recording from John Anealio: Seasons Geekings
Remember These Animated Films? (via SF Signal)
Fritz Leiber & Dungeons & Dragons
SCIENCE
Most Awesome Space Photos of 2014 (and they are!)
Telekinesis via Computer: controlling artificial limbs with the mind
NASA Robot to Compete in DARPA Chalenge
ISS Christmas (if it had been run by a private firm it might have been called SpaceXmas…)
8 Game-Changing Innovations of 2014
2014 Science Round Up by David Brin
PRESS RELEASES & NEWSLETTERS
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